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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mahatma

/məh-ät'-mə/ · Ma·hat·ma · IPA /məhˈɑtmə/
01 n. One of a class of sages, or “adepts,” reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men.
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    One of a class of sages, or “adepts,” reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men.(Theosophy)